2 NEW RAHNELLA GENOMOSPECIES THAT CANNOT BE PHENOTYPICALLY DIFFERENTIATED FROM RAHNELLA-AQUATILIS

Citation
Dj. Brenner et al., 2 NEW RAHNELLA GENOMOSPECIES THAT CANNOT BE PHENOTYPICALLY DIFFERENTIATED FROM RAHNELLA-AQUATILIS, International journal of systematic bacteriology, 48(1), 1998, pp. 141-149
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
ISSN journal
00207713
Volume
48
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
141 - 149
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-7713(1998)48:1<141:2NRGTC>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Fifty-one Rahnella aquatilis and R. aquatilis-like strains from water, snails and human sources were characterized by routine biochemical te sts, carbon source utilization tests, DNA relatedness (hydroxyapatite method) and 16S rRNA sequencing. The results of the genetic methods in dicated that the strains comprised three closely related species withi n the genus Rahnella, It was not possible to differentiate R. aquatili s from the two newly recognized species, The new species were therefor e given the vernacular names Rahnella genomospecies 2 and Rahnella gen omospecies 3.